Uasin Gishu Governor Jonathan Bii has expressed the need for healthcare professionals to stay informed and adopt advancements that will ensure they are delivering the highest quality of care possible.
The governor further noted that the future of critical care lies in healthcare professionals’ hands.
“It is your responsibility to embrace these emerging trends for the betterment of your patients,” he added during this year’s Critical Care Nurses chapter conference held in Uasin Gishu County.
Further, the county boss challenged the critical care nurses to come together to discuss and share experiences on a matter of utmost importance that regards critical care.
In a speech read on his behalf by Chief Officer for Promotive and Preventive Health Dr. Joyce Sang, Governor Bii noted that the area of medical practice is pivotal in ensuring the survival and recovery of patients who are facing life-threatening illnesses or injuries.
He said such patients require undivided attention, specialist expertise, and unwavering dedication from healthcare professionals.
“These patients often come to you during their most vulnerable moments, holding on to the slimmest threads of hope for survival and it is your responsibility therefore as a critical care specialist to provide them with the highest level of care and support in their journey towards wellness,” said Bii.
Emergency operation unit
The County Boss added that his administration is planning to set up an emergency operation unit that will coordinate responses to all health emergencies among them the ambulance response unit at Burnt Forest Sub County Hospital.
“As we soldier on, we are faced with the emerging trends of chronic illnesses, sports injuries and road traffic accidents along the Northern corridor, and as a County, we are currently setting up an emergency unit at Burnt Forest sub-county Hospital to help address this,” he said.
In her speech earlier, Dr Joyce Sang challenged critical care nurses to Optimize technology use, for advanced monitoring, evidence-based practice, infection prevention and control for the success of in-patient care.
Moreover, Clinical Services Chief Officer Dr. Paul Wangwe said that their duty in critical care is not just to treat disease but also to provide comfort, compassion, and empathy to both the patients and the families.
Representing Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) Chief Executive Officer Dr. Wilson Aruasa, Philiph Kirwa noted that the hospital has continuously invested in critical care and equipment because they offer specialised services in the country further calling on them to uphold patients’ privacy.
This year’s theme emerging trends in critical care revolutionising the field of medicine by improving patient outcomes and transforming health care.
Present were Directors Dr Sarah Kipkulei (Planning and Administration) and Betty Chirchir (Nursing Services).
